Shocked! Chenliu County and Yingchuan County actually did such an unscrupulous thing!
People are starving and eating each other, but you are running out of food?
Is there still heavenly justice, is there still law!!!
The eyes of the world are once again focused on the Central Plains, strictly speaking, above Yanzhou.
Some experts have estimated that the poor families at the end of the Han Dynasty could eat about 100 shi of food per day for 10,000 people.
Calculated based on one hundred shi, it is about 36,500 shi per year.
Yanzhou now has a population of almost three million, mainly because it has experienced many wars in the past, which has caused the population to drop a lot.
Calculating based on three million civilians, more than 10 million dan of grain was consumed that year.
But Lu Yan used just a few hundred sets of glass products and spices to get enough food for two million people in Yanzhou for a year!
This is a good explanation for members of the Chamber of Commerce, what is huge profits! What is a million profits!
They worked so hard to purchase grain. In addition to benefiting themselves, they also saw the bright future of the United Chamber of Commerce.
With spices, with glass...money? Just the easiest thing in the world to get.
Not surprisingly, when Yanzhou announced that it would accept refugees, the refugees who had been waiting for a long time swarmed into various places in Yanzhou.
Among them, Chenliu County and Yingchuan County had the largest influx of refugees.
The reason why many refugees came to these two counties was mainly because when they first bought grain, the reputations of Chenliu and Yingchuan had already spread throughout the country.
Everyone knows that these two places are desperately trying to buy food. If a disaster occurs at this time, of course they have to go to places with more food!
...
"Prefect, there are too many refugees!
We now have toilets built in every household, and there really is nothing left to build.”
Yi Ji's face was covered with sweat, and his body was soaked as if he had just been fished out of the water.
As expected, Mao Jie and Ren Jun became meat buns and never returned. Boss Cao used various excuses to stay in Juancheng.
Yi Ji and Han Hao could only rush to the shelves and took over all the previous affairs of Mao Jie and others.
"Painful and happy..." This is the most intuitive feeling of Yi Ji and Han Hao... Although they are already busy as dogs, their talents have been fully utilized, and they really feel extremely fulfilled inside.
ah!
"The toilets have been repaired..." Lu Yan couldn't help but have a headache after listening to Yi Ji's report, "The houses have been repaired... the roads have been repaired... the canals and dams have been reinforced... what else
Can things be repaired?"
After thinking about it, Chenliu County really has nothing extra to do.
Lu Yan then remembered the road he had taken when supporting Juancheng before, so he said: "Since there is nothing to build in Chenliu County, let's expand the official road to Juancheng and Dongjun!"
"Pa-ta... pa-ta..." Yi Ji staggered back two steps and said with a sad face: "Prefect! Those are all real gold and silver, a lot of money!!!"
"But we are not short of money?!"
"But I'm almost defeated by you... I've spent all my money!"
"Uh..." It's really like spending money like water! Lu Yan smiled awkwardly and said, "Then send some glass products to the Chamber of Commerce and spend some money first."
Even Yiji doesn't know how glass products are produced. He only knows that a set of them is worth almost ten thousand gold!
"What else?" Yi Ji looked at Lu Yan blankly and thought to himself, "Can such a precious thing be produced in large quantities?"
Seemingly sensing Yi Ji's thoughts, Lu Yan added: "There are only the last thirteen sets left, so save some money..."
When Yi Ji heard that there were only the last thirteen sets, he didn't know whether he was happy or sad. He handed over his hands and replied: "Sigh... Subordinate, please try your best to save some..."
"Go ahead..." Lu Yan waved his hand, and Yi Ji left wisely.
Although the influx of refugees has brought huge challenges to Yanzhou, once this hurdle is overcome, it will be of great value.
The influx of refugees is similar to previous estimates.
Fully one million refugees entered various counties in Yanzhou in just two or three months.
However, there are still quite a few refugees who closed their eyes forever on the way to Yanzhou.
...
Thousands of miles of red land, the ground was full of hungry people... Only Yanzhou survived and generously accommodated the victims.
Even Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was moved by Yanzhou's righteous deeds. He even persuaded Li Jue to promote Cao Cao's Yanzhou governor to Yanzhou pastor.
In the Prefectural Governor's Mansion, Cao Cao was discussing political affairs with everyone. Suddenly, someone came hurriedly outside the door to report:
"Lord, an angel has arrived!"
"Huh?" Cao Cao glanced at Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai and others in confusion, and then said in a deep voice, "Bring him in!"
After a while, a middle-aged man with a sallow face, thin skin, ragged clothes, and a somewhat light walk was led into the meeting hall by the orderly soldiers.
When Cao Cao saw the visitor's clothes and what he took out of his sleeves, he immediately knew that this was a genuine "angel"!
Immediately stood up, Cao Cao led all the civil and military personnel to bow and salute, saying, "The angel has come from afar, Cao Cao has missed the opportunity to greet you from afar, please atone for your sins!"
"President Cao... No, I should call you Cao Zhou Mu... His Majesty expresses his gratitude to Zhou Mu for taking in the victims, especially... especially..." Before he could finish his words, this "angel" suddenly saw something in front of his eyes.
Hei fell softly to the ground.
The sudden change left everyone at a loss, but Cao Cao was the first to react and said: "Here comes someone, pinch him!"
After pinching him hard several times, the messenger finally woke up.
Seeing everyone surrounding him, he suddenly said sadly: "I've made you laugh...I haven't had any water for several days..."
"Aren't there relief points along the way?" someone asked in surprise.
Speaking of this, the envoy couldn't help but blush on his face and said: "When I first entered Yanzhou, I did see some relief... But because I need to work in exchange for relief, I didn't dare to stay longer and delay my business. Therefore.
..therefore..."
If you can't shame it, you can't shame it... But this guy would rather go hungry than work in exchange for relief. I really don't know whether to call him pedantic or persistent...
Cao Cao saw that the envoy was about to die from hunger, so he shouted outside: "Come here, cook some broth and rice for the angel!"
It wasn't that Cao Cao was reluctant to give him good food, but because the envoy probably hadn't had any meat or fish in months like this, and his stomach would definitely not be able to bear the sudden feast of fish and meat.
"So, thank you Caozhou Mu!" After the messenger finished speaking, he handed the letter in his hand to Cao Cao.
After the envoy was sent down to eat, Xun Yu's eyes showed deep worry.
Xi Zhicai suddenly sighed at this time: "I'm afraid the emperor's current situation is not good!"
Cao Cao sighed and nodded, and then opened the emperor's letter, which read, "Canonize Cao Cao as Yanzhou Mu and Fenwu General."
Lao Cao has completely become a regular official this time.
Not only did he change from the governor of Yanzhou to the pastor of Yanzhou, but he also changed from the general of Dai Fenwu to the official general of Fenwu.
Suddenly, the sounds of congratulations started to come one after another around him.
Cao Cao's promotion means that they also have more room for promotion. If they don't show their performance now, when will they wait?